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Killing Eve author Luke Jennings says series was “bowing to convention” with controversial finale

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It’s only been a couple weeks since Killing Eve ended its four-season run, but fans are still upset over the controversial ending which saw the finale utilize one of the most criticized tropes in film and TV. It’s enough so that Luke Jennings, the creator of Killing Eve and author of the bookseries, has spoken out with his […]

Jodie Comer to star in HBO sex therapy series Big Swiss

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As Jodie Comer winds down her breakout role of Villanelle in the final season of Killing Eve, she has already found her next leading role. According to Deadline, Comer has been cast in HBO’s Big Swiss, an adaptation of Jen Beagin’s upcoming novel of a woman whose job transcribing sex therapy sessions turns into an explosive relationship. […]

Farewell to Eve and Villanelle in the Killing Eve final season trailer

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Ahead of its premiere this month, a full trailer has been released for the fourth and final season of The BBC’s acclaimed spy thriller series Killing Eve; watch it here… After the emotional climax of Season Three, Eve (Golden Globe® winner Sandra Oh), Villanelle (Emmy® Award winner Jodie Comer) and Carolyn (BAFTA winner Fiona Shaw) […]

Vanessa Kirby replaces Jodie Comer as Empress Josephine in Ridley Scott’s Napoleon biopic

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Having proven adept at playing Royalty thanks to her portrayal of Princess Margaret in The Crown, Vanessa Kirby is now crossing the channel to play Empress Josephine in Ridley Scott’s Napoleon biopic Kitbag. According to Deadline, Kirby, who received an Academy Award nomination last year for her harrowing performance in Pieces of a Woman, will […]

Killing Eve trailer teases the show’s fourth and final season

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Ahead of its February premiere, a teaser trailer has been released for the fourth and final season of The BBC’s acclaimed spy thriller series Killing Eve; watch it here… https://twitter.com/KillingEve/status/1475851535024156675 After the emotional climax of Season Three, Eve (Golden Globe® winner Sandra Oh), Villanelle (Emmy® Award winner Jodie Comer) and Carolyn (BAFTA winner Fiona Shaw) […]

Movie Review – The Last Duel (2021)

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The Last Duel, 2021. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Jodie Comer, Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Ben Affleck, Marton Csokas, Harriet Walter, Clare Dunne, Zeljko Ivanek, Nathaniel Parker, Michael McElhatton, Alex Lawther, Zoé Bruneau, Ian Pirie, William Houston, Sam Hazeldine, Brian F. Mulvey, Caoimhe O’Malley, Serena Kennedy, and Julian Firth. SYNOPSIS: King Charles VI declares that […]

Ridley Scott’s Napoleon biopic Kitbag to begin production in January

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Ridley Scott has scheduled his next film Kitbag, a historical biopic on the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, for a January 2022 production start date. Speaking with the BBC’s Today, Scott confirmed Kitbag would be his next project with a start date of January 15th. The film will reunite him with his Gladiator and The Last Duel stars Joaquin Phoenix […]

57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – The Last Duel

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The Last Duel, 2021. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Jodie Comer, Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Ben Affleck, Marton Csokas, Harriet Walter, Clare Dunne, Zeljko Ivanek, Nathaniel Parker, Michael McElhatton, Alex Lawther, Zoé Bruneau, Ian Pirie, William Houston, Sam Hazeldine, Brian F. Mulvey, Caoimhe O’Malley, Serena Kennedy, and Julian Firth. SYNOPSIS: King Charles VI declares that […]